The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-01-07

| i saw MIS-. CleVelaHuS ItU 'toS iAcctoT III
the front steps. He was sitting just ut the
front of the porte cochere, and he barked luis
tily as came up. "A moment later guard
came out and dragged him in and consigned
him to the steward. This dog has become
quite all important member of the White
House, and he bids fair to make some lively
scenes at the big receptions this winter II he
is not watched. He is fat, round poodle,
with hair as black as oiled jet, and with a
body half shaved. AT the top of his tail there
is bunch of black curly hair, and the hair
hang, down over his eyes in front. Flo is an
imported dog, and, like all aristocrats, does
not like interference from servants. He did
not 60 with tho guard very willingly to-day,
and imagine it would no. take much provo
cation to make his sharp white teeth meet in
the calf of one of Col Dinsmore's legs.
Washington is much interested i'll cable
street railroads, and the prospect is that be-
fore another congress has begun to sit one
can 60 from one end of the city to another
without the aid of horses Tho street rail
roads of Washington are big monopolies.
Their stock is away up above par, and they
have made fortunes for a number OF men.
They are cheap, however, and one can go
from one end of Washington to another for
five cents. All classes of people ride III them,
and have seen Speaker Carlisle
crowd himself up into one corner i'll
order to give space enough for coored
girl beside him, and at another time
Stanley Matthews and Justice Harlan pass.
ing up the fares for whole car load Of peo-
pie. The Washington herdics are rather
curiosity in cheap street travel. They are
much larger than those which have been used
in other cities, and they are in fact finely
finished street cars on large wheels. They
are cushioned as nicely as Pullman car, are
well lighted, and are decidedly comfortable
One line goes into the fashionable northwest
quarter of Washington, and this is almost al
ways full of noted people rode down yes
terday with Edward Everett Hale, and so
home every night Or so with Senators Vance
and Beck and Librarian Spofford. l have
seen Senator Van Wyck hanging to the door
of one of these herdics, his coat tails Tapping
in the breeze and his SLOUGH hat pushed down
over his eyes.
A character of Washington, whom l have
not seen noticed in the newspapers, is the
mounted page of the Capitol. There are
number of page boys in both the house and
the senate who receive about $50 a day for
running the errands of the statesmen. The
supreme court has two pages andithere is q
page on horseback who carries letters and
messages from the Capitol to the great de.
partments and the president. This boy often
has very valuable documents in his possess
sion, and he carries them in pouch which
he has slung by string around his neck. He
rides fast and we'll, and it rather reminds one
of the days of post boys when he is seen dash
ing up Pennsylvania avenue. Now he has IA
message to carry to the house Of Gen. Logan,
now one over to Senator Edmunds, and now
he goes to the White House with message
from some congressman to the president or
Dan Lamont.
Congress had surprise during its last days
before the recess Tho Oklahoma land bill
was under discussion, and Representative
Barnes, of Georgia, had the floor. Before
this Barnes had been noted as the latest man
of the house. He had prided himself on
weighing 500 pounds and had asserted that
he would not sell pound of his weight for
$1,000. He had never made n speech, had
not tal1el or clustered to any extent, and /
think there was an opinion among bis fell
lows that he had more fat than brains. As
soon as he began to speak, however, it was
discovered that he had even more brains than
he had fat. He talked well, and created
decided impression, standing erect, with his
big form thrown well to the front and his
face, much like that of Grover Cleveland,
looking direct into the eyes of Speaker Car
isle He made one of the best speeches on the
subject in hand that has yet been made. His
strong voice came forth in good chest tones,
and he demonstrated that he knew how to
speak as well as what to say. The men,
bers gathered around him while he talked,
and at the end of his speech he re-